This thread is for discussion of Episode 4 and can be posted in immediately when the show begins airing at AXN, based on Singapore time. That will be Thusday 10/2 at 9 PM Singapore time, or Thursday at 9 AM EST for those of us in the US.

Please read the posting guidelines HERE BEFORE you post in this thread please.

Those who will have not seen the show yet will need to ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK! There will be spoilers about who won, and who was eliminated for sure, and other details about the leg.

And again, huge THANKS to our live updaters, uploaders, and recappers who are making the wait bearable for those of us not able to see the show live!

PLEASE NOTE:

Preview info for the NEXT leg should go in the general spoiler thread and NOT be discussed here. And remember that the eliminated team should ONLY be discussed in the pinned episode thread until Sunday 10AM Singapore time= Sat 10PM EST for those of us in the US.

« Last Edit: October 02, 2008, 01:39:16 AM by georgiapeach »

Logged

RFF's Golden Rule:Have RESPECT for each other, regardless of opinion. This of course includes no flaming/insulting other users and/or their posts.

The next couple of Legs are going to be tough for the Racers, there is no let up for now and they will be tested yet again. I am not so fussed about big travel Legs in this third series, in fact we deliberately went for short, sharp Legs. We wanted this Race to be relentless and I think we've succeeded. So don't expect the focus to be on long travel sectors (unless it is in a bus or something like that).

and

Quote

This week on TARA the Race continues to be unrelenting and punishing. And, I'm sorry to say (for the Racers at least) there is no sign of a let up just yet

There is also a Hue Saigon VN251 0910 1030 connecting with BR392 1255 1730 to get to Taipei. It accomplishes nothing unless a team cannot make 0820 departure but could make 0910 or unless VN240 had no more Amazing Race Asia seats.

I have also looked at flights from DaNang to both Hanoi and Saigon. They do not change much. DAD SGN VN323 1340 1450 could connect with BR396 1555 2025, which provides a 45 minute earlier arrival than the combination through Hanoi.

In shoot it, they must find a miniature clue in the museum and use a sony cybershot camera to capture it. Once found, they will print the photo and the clue appears on the back on the photo.

In shape it, they must make a way to a night market street and use 7 pieces of an ancient chinese puzzle to create 4 specific shapes.

All teams choose shoot it.

Henry and Bernie gets into trouble with the police for U-turning on a road.

Commercial.

Ad and Fuzzie has to switch Detour because someone told them the museum has closed.

Teams have trouble finding the clues in the museum.

Niroo and Kapli having trouble with the directions and their car.

Ad and Fuzzie completes the detour first.

Make their way to the institute of the blind. Teams must read a clue written in a code. They must communicate this to their partner and they must decipher it using a chart.

Mai and Oliver is the first among the other teams at the museum to find the clue and after all the teams decided to help each other. Mai and Oliver left the museum telling the other teams they "gave up". Vince and Sam becomes the next team to find the clue and he alerts all the other team by accident.

Wide regional and individual variations exist in manufacture and preparation. Most typically, it consists of tofu, which has been marinated in a brine made from fermented milk, vegetables, and meat for as long as several months. The brine can also include dried shrimp, amaranth greens, mustard greens, bamboo shoots, and Chinese herbs.

Stinky tofu can be eaten cold, steamed, stewed, or most commonly, fried. It is often accompanied by chili sauce. The color varies from the golden fried Zhejiang-style to the black typical of Hunan-style stinky tofu.

From a distance, the odor of stinky tofu is said to resemble that of rotten garbage or manure, even by its enthusiasts. In spite of stinky tofu's smell, most say the flavor is surprisingly mild. However there are some that think otherwise. In fact, some have been so appauled by the taste that they couldn't so much as swallow it without bringing it all back up at once. Some few people have compared it to the taste of blue cheese. It has also been compared to foie gras. In some instances the taste has even been compared to rotten meat. It is said the more it smells, the 'better' its flavor.

TaiwanStinky tofu is the unofficial national snack food of Taiwan and is universally loved. It is very commonly served on roadside stands and in night markets. It is primarily served dry (deep fried) or, less commonly, wet (with goose blood and Sichuan mala soup).

Addendum - Sìchu­ān málà, more commonly referred to as mala sauce, is a very popular Chinese oily and spicy sauce that was originated in the Sichuan Province of central China and used extensively in their cuisine. It has become one of the most common seasonings in Chinese cuisine, gaining popularity anywhere where there are large populations of Chinese. The term málà is a combination of two Chinese characters: "numbing" (麻) and "hot (piquant)" (辣), referring to the feeling in the mouth after eating the sauce. The sauce is used in a wide variety of cooking methods from stir-fry, stews, and soup, to being used in hot pot or as a dipping sauce. In the Sichuan and Yunnan provinces mala powder (麻辣粉; pinyin: málàfĕn) is used liberally on snacks and street foods, such as stinky tofu, fried potatoes, and barbecued meats and vegetables.

My guess is that the eaters have problems with not just stinnky tofu, but also Sichuan Mala soup if it was included in their "banquet".